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The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Reinventing the American Dream with Courtney Martin

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2016

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In terms of of the new definition of success, at its most basic we have previously defined the American dream as one individual creating wealth. And usually we define that monetarily, for themselves and their family. So this is everything from the white picket fence and all of your needs are met within it to having a job that has a very clear trajectory, straight up the ladder, and you get all the glory and it’s all about your individual hard work and giftedness. I think that what i’m trying to argue for is breaking apart that whole idea that success is an individual pursuit and instead thinking of success as interdependent pursuit that is about the quality of life that you can create by doing work that you find meaningful that allows you to earn enough money by creating community around you, whether that’s where you live or in cowering spaces, but really having this sense that wealth is most accurately expressed through your relationships. The more people that you have deep, genuine and even daily relationships with, the safer you’ll be and probably the healthier and happier you’ll be too. – Courtney Martin 


Resources and Links Mentioned

Courtney’s TED Talk

How to be a Person in the World by Heather Havrilesky


Courtney Martin is an entrepreneur, columnist at On Being and author of The New Better Off: Reinventing the American Dream 


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0:00.0

In terms of the new definition of success, I mean I think at its most basic we have previously

0:07.4

defined the American dream as one individual, you know, creating wealth and usually we define that monetarily for themselves

0:16.8

and their family so this is you know everything from the white pick

0:20.0

offense and all of your you, needs are met within it to, you know, having a job that has a very

0:27.3

clear trajectory, you know, straight up the ladder and, you know, that you get all the glory and it's all about your

0:35.9

individual hard work and giftedness right and so I think what I'm trying to

0:40.6

argue for is kind of breaking apart that whole idea that success is an individual

0:46.2

pursuit and instead thinking of success as an interdependent pursuit that it's about the quality

0:52.2

of life you can create by doing

0:53.9

work that you find meaningful that allows you to earn enough money by creating

0:58.6

community around you whether that's physically where you live or in

1:02.2

co-working spaces but really having this sense that your

1:05.0

wealth is most accurately expressed through your relationships, that the more people that you have deep genuine and even

1:15.5

daily relationships with the safer you'll be and probably the healthier and happier you'll

1:20.5

be too. I'm Sreni Rao and this is the unmistakable creative

1:28.8

podcast where you get a window into the stories and insights of the most

1:32.2

innovative and creative minds who

1:33.7

started movements, built thriving businesses, written best-selling books and

1:37.6

created insanely interesting art. For more check out our 500 episode archive

1:41.6

at unmistakable Creative.com.

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10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the rain again.

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